Maintaining growth, advancing sustainability

Nearly five million residents of Dong Nai are looking forward to a major event of special significance in the nearly 330-year history of the formation and development of the Dong Nai region. This is the announcement of the establishment of Dong Nai City, scheduled to take place in May.

Dong Nai Newspaper and Radio, Television continue to gather opinions and expectations from cadres, experts, people from all walks of life, and the business community regarding this event.

Logistics operations at Phuoc An deep-water seaport, Phuoc An commune, Dong Nai City. Photo: Hoang Loc

Bui Xuan Hung, General Director of Thanh Tung 2 Co., Ltd.:

Accompanying green development goal

The official establishment of Dong Nai as a city is a great source of pride for local residents, while also placing greater responsibility on the community in preserving and creating the appearance of a civilized and modern urban area.

As an enterprise operating in the environmental sector, we recognize that green development and emissions reduction are no longer optional, but an inevitable and essential requirement, as well as a practical contribution to the city. In the coming period, we will continue to promote investment and technological innovation to maximize waste recycling and reuse, while minimizing the rate of landfill disposal.

The company aims to raise the waste recycling rate to more than 90%, thereby contributing to the city’s green development strategy and its net-zero emissions goal by 2050. At the same time, we focus on raising public awareness of environmental protection through the research and production of recycled products, helping reduce pollution, create economic value, and conserve increasingly scarce resources.

Nguyen Phi Long, General Director of Khang Nam Group:
Continuing to maintain a transparent and stable investment environment

Khang Nam Group is implementing a social housing project in Dong Nai City, while also studying the expansion of investments in the urban, industrial, service, and environmental sectors. The projects are being carried out in a methodical manner, with the application of modern technology, priority given to local labor, and strict compliance with legal regulations and sustainable development orientations. The group is also actively engaged in urban renovation programs, infrastructure development, and industrial support services, with the aim of improving the quality of life for local residents.

Khang Nam Group proposes that authorities continue to accompany businesses by further promoting administrative reform toward greater transparency, streamlining, and efficiency; building a stable, fair, and highly predictable investment environment; and maintaining regular dialogue and consultation mechanisms to promptly resolve issues arising during project implementation. These efforts will help Dong Nai maintain its growth momentum, ensure sustainable development, and continue to enhance its appeal to investors.

The group is committed to strictly complying with the law, contributing to the State budget, creating stable employment opportunities, and actively participating in social welfare and environmental protection activities in the locality.

Dinh Thi Duyen, Deputy Director of the Binh Minh commune Public Administrative Service Center:

Serving residents better every day

Many local residents and I hope that together with the city’s overall development in the coming period, Binh Minh commune will continue to receive attention for synchronized infrastructure investment, gradually improving its urban landscape to meet development requirements and enhance the quality of life for the residents. At the same time, local officials and civil servants are expected to continue promoting the spirit of learning, proactively improving their professional qualifications and capacity to apply information technology in order to meet increasingly demanding tasks and better serve the residents.

My greatest expectation is that with the current pace of development and the city’s investment support, Binh Minh commune will soon meet the necessary conditions to be upgraded to a ward in the near future, thereby contributing to promoting the overall development of Dong Nai.

Huynh Ho Dai Nghia, Strategic Policy Advisor - Minh Triet Capital & Consulting, Ho Chi Minh City:
Dong Nai City - a strategic coordination hub for both the Southeast region and the country

The establishment of Dong Nai as a city, when viewed in its proper context, is not merely a matter of changing an administrative designation. It reflects a locality standing at the threshold of transformation from a “successful industrial province” into a “strategic coordination hub” for the expanded Southeast region and the Vietnamese economy in the new phase.

Therefore, the most important issue is determining what kind of development model Dong Nai will pursue as a city. Will it become an industrial mega-city with urban characteristics, or a new-generation regional city where flows of goods, capital, services, data, energy, and human resources are reorganized on a larger, more efficient, greener, and more internationally competitive scale?

Nguyen Khac Hanh, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee,

Chairman of the People's Committee of Phuoc Long ward:

Focusing on comprehensively implementing solutions to meet new development trends

Dong Nai’s establishment as the country’s seventh city creates a new position and opens up new opportunities for local development. In response to these opportunities, the Party Committee and authorities of Phuoc Long ward will focus on implementing various measures to build a contingent of officials, civil servants, and public employees capable of meeting new development requirements. The ward will prioritize improving professional, effective, and efficient management and administrative methods. At the same time, the ward will promote the implementation of many practical solutions to improve people’s livelihoods and raise local incomes.

In parallel, the ward will identify key methods and tasks in economic, cultural, and social development, while ensuring national defense and security. Particular attention will be paid to planning, regional connectivity, administrative reform, and measures to increase budget revenue.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy, Vice Rector of Hong Bang International University (Ho Chi Minh City):
Connecting and cooperating in human resource training and scientific research

With its significant development potential, upon becoming a city, Dong Nai will have greater opportunities to strengthen connectivity and expand regional and international cooperation, including in the fields of science and technology, digital transformation, and innovation.

Currently, Dong Nai is focusing on renewing its growth model by identifying science and technology, innovation, digital transformation, green transition, the circular economy, and the sharing economy as key drivers of development. In the new development phase, human resources are a key factor in creating growth momentum for the locality in general and promoting science, technology, and innovation activities in particular.

In the coming period, Hong Bang International University hopes to strengthen cooperation with Dong Nai in training high-quality human resources for the city and carrying out scientific research activities, particularly through coordinating the implementation of scientific projects and promoting the application of artificial intelligence in healthcare, logistics and supply chain, and pharmaceutical research.

By Reporter Group – Translated by Minh Hong, Thu Ha